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Jackson tops Raceway Park Sport Compacts

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, Iowa (May 22) – Tacky track conditions led to a fast night of action Sunday night at Raceway Park. The first of five IMCA divisions hit the track when the KISS 107 FM Sport Compact division headed out. Only one caution slowed the race at six laps to go with Luke Jackson holding onto the lead he took at the drop of the green flag. In the final dash to the checkered flag, it was Jackson taking the win followed by point leader Ramsey Meyer. The Car Quest IMCA Hobby Stocks ran clean for the first six laps of the feature until the first yellow of the evening brought the field together with pole sitter Mike Hanson leading Andy Hoffman, Craig Clift, Ron Jensen, and Dave Riley. A tangle on the restart took Hoffman and Riley out of contention. Hanson held on for his first win of the year followed by point leader Aaron Shearn. A.J. Boulware led the early laps of the MOPAR IMCA Northern SportMod feature until his uncle [Read More]

Thornton stays unbeaten at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (May 22) – Ricky Thornton Jr. raced up another Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature win Sunday at Stuart Speedway. Jake Murray held court early with Scott Simatovich and Scott Bash not far behind. After spinning in his heat and missing the invert, Thornton needed all of six laps to make it to fourth place. He was held up there until lap 12 when he got by Simatovich for third. One lap later he took second from Bash and set his sights on Murray. A little less than half a straightaway separated the two, and in three laps that lead evaporated as Thornton powered his way to the front. Thornton went on to take the win with Murray second and Bash third. Josh Daniels regained the lead on the 15th circuit and took the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win ahead of Derrick Rohe and Ben Walding. Shannon Anderson made the most of a lap 12 restart to catch Buck Schafroth and win the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock main. Schafroth and Jamie [Read More]

Van Straten, Lamberies win Seymour openers

SEYMOUR, Wis. (May 22) – The 2016 season kicked off Sunday night at Seymour Raceway Park with the first IMCA wins going to Travis Van Straten and Lucas Lamberies. Eric Arneson sat on the pole for the 30-lap Coors Light IMCA Stock Car headliner and led the first four laps before defending national champion Van Straten slipped by. A couple laps later, Kyle Frederick moved into the runner-up spot and set his sights on the leader. After the mid-point, Van Straten held a length or two lead with Frederick attacking from the outside line. As lapped cars entered the picture, the pair had to work traffic as well as watch each other. The final 10 laps were a dog fight with the pair side-by-side and holding their preferred line much of that time. With three laps left, Frederick was finally able to get ahead to be scored as the leader. As they picked up the white flag a pair of slower cars were in the path in turn two. In a scramble to get by, Van Straten was somehow [Read More]

Limoges leads Modified finish at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (May 21) – Tyler Limoges took charge following an early restart and never looked back in winning Saturday’s MN93 IMCA Modified main event at Arlington Raceway. Clint Hatlestad started ninth and finished as the runner-up. Third was Trent Loverude. The B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature ran caution-free, first with Ryan Grochow in the lead and then Matt Speckman from the second circuit to the checkers. Dan Mackenthun took second and Ken Tietz edged Brent Uecker right at the finish line for third. Tenth starting Cory Probst took the Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stock checkers ahead of Shawn Harms and Charlie Rustman. Eric Larson started sixth and proved most adept in traffic, taking the Unhinged Pizza IMCA Northern SportMod feature ahead of Tim Bergerson and early leader Jeremy Brown. Blake Braunworth held off 15th starting Scott Porter and Joe Regnar to win the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compact feature. The rest of the 95.7 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car field threw every thing but the kitchen sink at him, but Trevor Serbus couldn’t be [Read More]

Hackett wins by bumper at 141

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (May 21) – Tyler Hackett only led one lap in Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at 141 Speedway. It just happened to be the most important one as Hackett beat Russ Reinwald by mere inches at the line to pick up his first win of the season. Reinwald started up front and was hooked up down low while Hackett took the initial green from 12th. Reinwald blew away the field and left the battle for second as a couple cautions would not halt the leader in continuing to pull away. Hackett ran the extreme top of the race track to get to the front, going four-wide and then three-wide to get into the top five. He found himself in second with seven laps remaining and facing a straightaway disadvantage. Reinwald stayed down low with lapped cars slowing his progress and allowing Hackett to get to his bumper as the yellow flag flew with two laps remaining. On the restart, Hackett charged hard up on top and edged Reinwald [Read More]

Moyer scores first IMCA Modified win

By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa (May 22) – Sunday nights racing action at the Dubuque Speedway saw history made in the Modified class and hot streaks continue in both the Late Model and SportMod classes. Austin Moyer is making the most of his new racing opportunity as he has taken over the steering wheel of Kenny Boyse’s 1M Merfeld Brothers Automotive IMCA Modified. Moyer, in his rookie campaign, scored his first career IMCA Modified win Sunday night. Moyer drove a flawless race in scoring the win over several of the Modified division’s very best drivers. Jeff Larson took second with defending track champion Jeremiah Hurst third. Joel Callahan won his fourth main event in the last four nights of racing with an impressive run in the Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model 25 lap feature. Callahan shot to the front from the eighth starting position to take the lead on lap two. Callahan put his no. 40 car on the extreme high side and went on to record the win. Dan Shelliam took second [Read More]

Callahan continues streak with 2K win at Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (May 20) – Friday night racing action at the Farley Speedway was headlined by the running of the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge featuring the Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Models in 50 laps of intense racing action. When the final checkered of the action packed main event waved it was Joel Callahan pushing his recent win streak to three with the $2,000 victory. Callahan held off a late-race challenge by Ryan Dolan in scoring the win by a car length. Tyler Bruening crossed under the checkers in third. Mark Schulte drove his GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Modified to the 20-lap feature win, getting to the finish line ahead of Jerry Luloff. Schulte used all the extra-wide, smooth racing surface in scoring the win. Tyler Soppe came from deep in the field and took a very emotional GSI Collision Specialists win in the IMCA Northern SportMod main event. Soppe took the lead late from Austin Heacock en route to the win. Tom Schmitt scored the 15 lap IMCA Sunoco [Read More]

Bennett wins third of season at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (May 21) – It was a night of first wins as well as repeats at Boone Speedway on a beautiful Saturday night for racing. Kyle Brown found his way to victory lane for the first time locally in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified division. Brandon Williams in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division and Donavon Smith in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both scored their second wins of the year. Solomon Bennett snagged win number three in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Bennett made his way around Seth Janssen at lap five of the 12-lap Hobby Stock feature and pulled away for a comfortable win. Janssen held on to the runner-up spot, ahead of Dave Rieks in third. Aaron Rudolph held back Chad LeGere as they went fourth and fifth. Matt West and Michael Murphy battled for the lead for much of the Stock Car race with Smith throwing his hat into the ring late in the race. Smith, who had started 11th on the field, was able to make the pass into [Read More]

Kay makes late-race charge to big West Liberty Raceway win

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (May 21) – Saturday night’s racing action at West Liberty Raceway included the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge featuring a 40 lap main event for the iWireless IMCA Late Models. The main event provided the race fans with edge of the seat racing action as Justin Kay continued his mastery of the oval. Kay took the initial green back in the seventh row and started his run to the front early in the race. It took Kay until lap 38 to chase down race leader Tyler Bruening. Kay led the last two laps to collect the $2,000 top prize. Bruening settled for second ahead of Denny Eckrich and Joel Callahan. The Performance Concepts IMCA Modifieds 20-lap feature saw 24 competitors take the initial green flag lap and 16 laps ran off caution-free before the races only yellow flag was thrown. Bruce Hanford had his huge lead erased and on the restart a four-lap dash to the finish saw Larry Herring score his first win of the year by taking [Read More]

Third Shawano wins of season for Yarie, Van Straten

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (May 21) – Marcus Yarie and Travis Van Straten both won their third local features of the season while Lucas Lamberies secured his second Shawano Speedway victory of 2016 Saturday night. In Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified action, Tyler Wilson grabbed the lead on the opening lap, but was quickly pressured by Joel Seegert. The lead duo raced nose to tail as Seegert tried both high and low to find a way by Wilson. As the lead duo duked it out, Yarie worked his way toward the front after starting deep in the field and on lap nine it became a three-car battle for the lead. Wilson continued to lead with Seegert and Yarie side-by-side and right on Wilson’s bumper. Yarie finally found an advantage on lap 15, making a pass up high in turns one and two to take the lead, then led the rest of the way for the win. Seegert made a last-lap pass of Wilson to finish second. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature continued the green to checkered, [Read More]